Thursday, August 29, 2019

Football players claim against College for injuries suffered in practice survives motion to dismiss

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Two football players at Lackawanna Junior College were injured during the same tackling drill in 2010. They sued the college in 2012, claimi...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Podcast on the settlement over defective ear plugs used by the military

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I have been following the litigation Multidistrict Litigation consolidating all 3M Combat Arms Earplug lawsuits pending throughout the feder...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Court rules white nationalist must pay $14 million in damages for anti semitic campaign

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A federal judge has ruled in an SPLC lawsuit that neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin must pay more than $14 million in damages for using his webs...
Monday, August 26, 2019

Recent Tennessee case holds suicide is a superseding cause

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A couple of days ago I posted a comment about a couple of recent claims based on deaths by suicide.  Sadly suicide is a serious health issue...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Utah holds criminal defendant does not have to show actual innocence to support malpractice claim against lawyer

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As you probably know, jurisdiction are divided on the issue of whether a convicted criminal defendant should be required to show actual inno...
Sunday, August 4, 2019

Utah Supreme Court strikes down law requiring "certificate of merit" in medical malpractice claims

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Like many other jurisdictions, at some point, Utah enacted a statute that requires plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases to file a so-call...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Utah Supreme Court holds that waivers signed by parents on behalf of children are not enforceable

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Earlier this month I reported that the the Kentucky Supreme Court recently found that for-profit companies can be liable for injuries to min...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Should a doctor be subject to liability to non-patients who suffer an injury because of negligence toward a patient?

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Suppose a doctor misdiagnoses a contagious condition on a patient, and the patient then causes an injury to a third person.  Should the thir...
Monday, July 29, 2019

Debate about safety netting around baseball parks continues

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One of the more talked about themes during this baseball season is the increased amount of home runs (and the speculation that it has someth...
Sunday, July 7, 2019

Lawsuit filed against gun manufacturers related to Las Vegas Music Festival shooting

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Back in March I reported ( here ) that the Connecticut Supreme Court allowed to proceed a lawsuit against Remington, the manufacturer of the...